Accident at RockTenn's Hodge Mill Kills One Worker, Injures Two
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An accident this past week at RockTenn's Hodge, La., USA, linerboard mill resulted in one fatality and two injuries. All three were contract workers hired to clean out a vat of chemicals. According to a report by thenewsstar.com (Monroe, La.), Dewey Seymour, EVP of Deep South Industrial Services, confirmed that one of his employees died in the accident. He said the investigation is still ongoing.
A second Deep South employee was transported to the Jackson Parish Hospital and later released after being treated for minor burns. The third man, who was employed by Pulp Mill Services, was airlifted to a burn center in Shreveport, La.
Seymour said the men were cleaning the tank, which was filled with about six inches of liquid, when the accident happened. An investigation is underway as to the cause of the accident.
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